Lubrication



E. H. KOCH ER LUBRICATION Oct. 19, 1943.

Filed April l2, 1939 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 f1-CH..

oct. 19, 1943. E. H. KQCHER 2,331,984

LUBRICATIQN- Filed April l2. 1939 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 5f@ s 1, 522 rf 7 /S; 1g $9/ 1. A a1 1 l, "S1

INVENTOR ATTORNEYS Oct. 19, 1943. E. H. KocHER LUBRICATION Filed April' 12, 1939 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 FEVE FIlf! "u HII 'l' Patented Oct. 19, 1943 LUBRICATION Edward H. Kocher,4 Boonton, N. assignor to Auto Research Corporation, a corporation of Delaware Application April .12, 1939, Serial No. 267,372

`11 VClaims. (Cl. 1821-7) The present invention relates to a centralized lubricating system and it particularly relates to a pressure unit for such a. system.

In many types of apparatus, such as moving picture projecto-rs, it is desirable to lubrioate the various bearings thereof at relatively infrequent intervals with relatively small amounts of lubricant, withassurance that the Alubrication will not spill over or 'tend to run over the exterior ofthe apparatus Where it might tend to come in Icontact with the lilm and stain it and cause dimoulty both in projection or in sound reproductionand also resultant deterioration of the iilm, lessening its life and preventing reuse thereof.

Upon manual lubrication of the bearings around or .in a moving `picture projector, whether it be for amateur nlm of 8 .or 16 millimeters in width or professional lm of 35 millimeters Ain width, the amount of lubricant is frequently in excess, `causing drippage into the exterior of the machine Where lubricant causes ,injury to the relatively expensive film and also may obstruct the lenses or light conduits within the projector.

Moreover lbecause lof the high heat generated by the illuminating devices in :the -casings Lof fthe ordinary moving picture projector, 'excess lubricant often tends to gum or become charred, and also `results in a collection of dirt yand dust with resultant increased lire hazards.

It is not readily possible to include a lubricating installation within the .ordinary projector because of the limited space available and `it is among the objects of the present .invention to provide a compact small lubricating pump-and installation which will enable satisfactory lubrication of the bearings of alprojector ofthe character above described, in which assurance will'be yhad that only such amounts of llubricant will be fed to thebearings as will be consumed without lany liability of overflow tending to form gummy deposits or other undesirable accretions Within ie' interior of the casing.

Another object is to provide a compact small volume pump for centralized lubricating systems, which may be manually actuated to feed prede-A termined quantities .of lubricant in small-quantities to a plurality of outlets to the bearings vof a mechanism with assurance that excess quantitles of lubricant will not ,be supplied Aat any time:

Other objects will be obvious or will appear during the course of the following specication. In accomplishing the above objects ithas been found most suitable to provide a relatively small casing forming the reservoir in which is mountist ed an elongated metallic body, asy :for example of hexagonal brass or copper fstock, whichis centrally bored to receivea long .close-.ttng., unpacked plunger. 'f'

The `cylinder occupies subsnantiniy the m11 The piston also projects out hood-.and y it is provided with asleeye or collar at :its upper end, by which .it 'may be actuated Land :reciprocated. J 1 .f

In one term, the' itoppf thepistmis coxmected to an arm which is pivotally mounted'aonafshaft extending .transversely through 'the hood or Abox on thei'top of thereservoir. Thefshaft carries la manual actuator member, by'which the piston may be reciprocated. rheninall `reservoir pump combination may be conveniently mountedupon the .outsideof a moving :picture'pnojector .or :other vmechanism or even yinside of such mechanism. i In the drawings which :show several ofthe various' possible embodiments according to the present liriwmiiori,to `winch they inventionisr by no 'means -restrictedgfsince many alternatives :and

changes mightbe 'made `'all the scope 0I Figs. 4, lla and :5 areiresp'ectively-top, side sectional, A-fragnientary sectional, and end :elevational views of ythe pump upon an :enlargedscale las compared to fFig. 1,

Fig. 6 is a diagrammatic view showing :a special junction constructicn whichymaybe enrployed from which lubricant may be `distributed to the bearings of the machine,r .Y

Figs. '7, -8A and 9 show Ianl alternative construcftion Fig. 7 being a side elevational view with most ofthe ycover and reservoir vstructure `being lbroken away, Fig. 8 'being aside sectional View showing the pump structure uponftlielineuBQ-B of Fig. 7 and 9 ibeing aside view oftlreunpcr portion `of the structure upon the line 'T9-'li of Figs. 10 and 11 illustrate an 'alternative `pump The pump feeds the distributing junction Iv i having the outlets I6 to the piping system I1. The piping system I1 leads to the bearings B,

which may be accessible from the exterior of the casing I0 or only accessible at the interior of the casing I0.

The usual type of bearings to be lubricated are the shaft bearings for the electric motor, the various bearings for the sprocket shafts, which feed the film, the bearings which carry the reels and the various reduction gear bearings in and about the mechanism.

- With other mechanisms, of course, other groups of bearings would be lubricated, but in the case of `moving picture projectors, it is important that these bearings be lubricated with relatively minute quantities of lubricant after each reel of moving picture film has been run through the projection and sound reproduction apparatus. For this reason the actuating mechanism I4 is preferably placed so that it will be operated each time the reels are changed. Referring to the pump and reservoir construction best shown in Figs. 3 to 5, the reservoir casing Il may consist of a casting provided with bosses I8 on the bottom I9 or in the sides 20 The end 22 of the reservoir is preferably providedwith an opening 23. In the opening 23 is positioned a round glass 24 held in position by the collar 25 and the gaskets 26. The cover I3 of the reservoir is held down by the corner screws 21 (see Fig. 3) compressing the gasket 28 (see Fig. 4) in position to form a lubricant-tight connection.

The cover is provided with an upstanding hood 29, the sides of which are bored at and 3| to form bearings for the shaft 32. Upon the shaft 32 is positioned a collar 33, which is fixed to the shaft by the pin 34.

The collar 33 has the extensions 35 which contact each other and are slotted at 36 to receive the flange sleeve 31. The flanged sleeve 31 is held bythe expanded portion 38 on the top of the reduced piston section 39 at the end of the elongated unpacked plunger 4D.

The plunger, as indicated, is received in the bore 4I in the hexagonal or cylindrical stock 42, y which forms the cylinder. The top of the stock 42 is reduced and threaded, as indicated at 43, and is mounted upon a bracket 44 by the nut 45. This bracket 44 is connected to the interior of .the reservoir I I.

cation Serial No. 727,720, led May 26, 1934, since patented as Patent No. 2,134,719 on November 1, 1938. The outlet connection 53 is screwed iinto `the cover I3 at 54.

The outlet pipe 5B is provided with a tapered coupling connection 51, which may be of the construction more fully described and illustrated in Patent 1,998,439, issued April 23, 1935 or application Serial No. 727,719, filed May 26, 1934, since patented under Patent No. 2,182,811 on December 12, 1939.

. The shaft 32 also carriesthe spring 58, one end of which is turned at 59 to` abut the plates 35 and the other end of which is turned at 60 to abut the inside wall of the hood 29.

' The end of the shaft element 3I is provided 'with the washer 6i, against which abuts the handle member 62, the enlarged portion 63 of the shaft 32 holding said handle member 62 in position. The handle member may consist of a plate which is turned over at 90 at 64 to form a convenient portion for manual actuation.

The adjustable sto-p screw 65 has a shank 66 extending through the cover i3 and a lock nut 61 fixing said screw in any desired portion. The head of the screw acts as a stop limiting downward movement of the lever 62 and limiting the upward stroke of the plunger 40. The downward stroke of the plunger is limited by abutment of the collar 31 and the top of the stock or cylinder member 42.

The cover I3 also carries the filler cylinder 68 provided lwith the snap cover 69 through which the reservoir II may be filled when the lubricant requires replenishment, as can be determined through the sight glass 24.

The junction I5, which receives lubricant from the reservoir outlet pipe 56, may be of the construction shown and described in Patents 1,929,434; 1,903,819; 2,005,766 or application Serial N0. 123,384, filed February l, 1937, since patented as Patent No. 2,229,655 on January 28, 1941.

Where the flow metering outlet fittings, which control the proportionment of lubricant to the bearings, are positioned at or adjacent the junctions I5, they may be of the construction illustrated in Fig. 2 `and where they are positioned directly at the bearings, they may be of the construction illustrated in Fig. 2a.

These flow metering outlet ttings, such as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 2a, are more fully shown and described in Patents 1,632,771; 1,632,772;

land in application Serial No. 226,414 filed August However, referring to Figs. 2 and 2a, they co sist'of bodies 10 and 10 of brass having threaded end portions 1I, 1I', 12 and 12. One of said threaded end portions is provided with a coupling connection 13 which may be identical to that already described in connection with 51.

The bodies 10, 10 are provided with central bores 14, 14 having pins 15, 15 closely fitting therein.

The pins form small elongated crevices of the order of one or several thousandths of an inch, which afford a restricting effect tremendously higher than encountered in the piping or the bearings so that these outlets will in themselves control the proportionment of lubricant distributed from the tubing system and will exert sufficient obstruction to build up a substantial distributing pressure even with a single stroke of the plunger 49.

The spring seated outlet valves 16, 16 may be 1provided with floating valves devoid of springs as indicated in Patent 1,993,732.

As indicated, the flow metering outlet fitting uis provided with inlet strainers 11, 11.

As indicatedin Fig. `1 there are a plurality of Ytail pipes or pressure pipes il which lead Ato the various bearings indicated at i3 in and about the mechanism shown in Fig.

The junction l5, as shown, has seven outlets at one side thereof, butii desired, :it .might be .replaced by a junction. such as indicated :at ,8| Fig. 6, having a bracket .82 with an opening 83 :to vreceive the bolt and .a similar Aniunber of out.- lets. which are :arranged on .the race .oi .the junction. l

the showing of Fig. 2, the outlets '-8.4 not use are shown as blocked by removable plugs` Qrdinarily most pumps of this .character-Will have to feed ybetween vfour and ten bearings.

In Figs. 7 8 and 9is shown an alternative een.- .struction (similarly functioning parts being indiF cated by the same numerals having a superior 2.) in which a larger plunger 4021s emploved- This plunger is provided with the v4reduced end portion .85 yand the cylinder 422 is held in positionby being peahed at 452 upon the bracket ,member .442.

The adjusting screw 652 in this case has its lister head inside of the reservoir so that it .may .be adjusted by removing the cover |32. The lock nut ..612 abuts the inside face of the reservoir ,cover |32,

In the construction as shown in Figs. 8 and 9 the outlet .connection 522 terminates inside of the ,cover |32 in a socket 85 which -feeds'a bore `87 extending across the cover |32, which is plugged at 89. e

There is an outlet socket Si) which communilcates with the bore Sl by the connection 9|, with the inserted gasket S2 forming a lubricant-tight connection through whichv lubricant ymay be fed from the cover to an internal bore system inthe mechanism.

This internal bore system may be utilized in addition to or in lieu of the external tubing system, as shown in Fig. 1.

As indicated in Figs. 3 to 5 and also in Figs. 8 and 9, the top of the hood 2 5 is preferably provided with a plate 93 held in position by the screws .9.4 covering the slot 95 permitting access .to the actuating mechanism |41.

In the construction of Figs. .8 and 9 the stroke is limited by abutment of the end portion 9S of the handle G22 against the top of the cover |32.

VAlthough many different sizes may be employed in the construction illustrated in Figs. 3 to 5, it has been found convenient to make the reservoir about l inches in length, 2 inches in width and about 2% inches in height. The piston may be made ,of 1-36 inch in diameter and its stroke `may range between 1/8 and inch, depending upon the adjustment.

In the construction as shown in Figs. 8 and 9, the piston may vary from 1/8 to 1/2 inch in diameter and have a stroke varying from 1/8 to 1 inch, giving a variation .of some 1 to 100 drops lof voil per discharge. The heightof the stock forming the cylinder may conveniently vary from 1%. to 3 inches.

Alparticular advantage of thepresent invention resides in the fact that the device only re,- lquires the pressing of the levers 62 and ,622 to `lubricate the bearings and it does not necessitate that the operator at any time handle any oil .can or other lubricant dispensing device. This zis particularly important because `of the damage caused to moving picture lilrn by o il stains and spots, 'which frequently arise due to the operators handling the film. Becausezof this danger of staining the .nlm with oil, which arises when :the operator has oil on :hi hands, .the `result has been that the lubrication or most meting picture projectors has been neglected and this means. a short life period because oi heine seized or Worn bearings.

Witnthe equipment or .the present invention on the` other hand, there 4is no danger that the operator will come in contact with the .oil and there is little danger that the film will. be stained- Moreover, the reservoir as shown will ordinarily .be sumcient to take care of lubricating .the prof ,jector during regular operation for a period of from three tosiX months between oleahings, and even'in this ease the reservoir `may be lled by a service man and need not he filled hy the operator.A

Another important feature .of the present ih vention resides in the provision of .the Window 524,' which enables suo-h servicemen immediately .to .determine `Whether the oil needs replenishment; said window being conveniently held upon the reservoir in euch a manner as not to increase the bulk thereof.

in the construction also the provision of a junctionlow metering device as shown in 2 in combination with the junctions of Figs. l and r6 is preferred. ITevertheless, it is also pose sible to use iiow metering devices of the type'of Fig. `42d .directly at the bearings, although the former arrangement gives greatercornpactness,

Referring to Fiss. ..10 and l1. in which lar-.ly .functioning parts to those shoWh in Fiev 9 are referred to by the same numerals prov-idoli with a superior ,3.

In Figs. l0 ,and ll the cover element |.33 may he connected to a .reservoir in the manner shown in Figs. l .and 8. the cylinder body |23 is .shoub dered at |56 to abut the projecting por-tion 443 .of the cover lsianol the upper portion vof the ,cylinder body |23 is threaded as indicated atll. The threaded portion 433 receives the .cap hiern-A ber 653, the lower end |5| of Vwhich abuts the portion |152v of the cover |33.

The top of the dome element 453 is provided with a bore '3 i3, through which extends the conheating rod 323 having the handle actuator 'meme ber 643.'

The opening |53 in the handle member en.- .ables a pin to be inserted to hold the piston from turning while tightening or loosening the opere ating knob 653., The piston member 4.03 has a lower portion |55 of reduced diameter.

The shoulder |55 of the piston receives the coil spring 553, which reacts with its other end against the bottom |55 of the dome 452.

The inlet check valve ymember |5 '|3 ycontains a spring seated ball check of the type as shown in Fig. 4a.

As shown in Fig, 4a, the check valve member |512 is screwed into a tapped recess |582 in the bottom of the pump body |22 and said member |512 receives a spring seated ball check.

Below the spring seated ball check |51 is the filter ,cup 4t2, which receives the strainer pad 412, which is h eld in place by the snap ring .482'.

As shown in Fig. 11, the ball check element |513 is threaded into the tapped socket i582. The ball ,check combination |573 has `an extension |59 which presses against thel washer i611,

which in turn abuts the lower portion 353 of .the

piston ,.1583 limiting its .downward movement under the force of the spring 583.

The bottom of the piston body |23 is provided with a groove ISI which receives the inturned portions |62 of the ,annular .cap |53. said cap retaining the iilter or strainer member |64 in position against the bottom of the body |23.

The side of the body |23 receives the outlet check valve member 5|3 of the same construction as shown for example in Fig. 4a. The outlet pipe 523 is connected to the cover nipple 533 by the coupling 553.

The outlet bores 853 and' 813 in the cover |33 extend into a socket |65 which may be connected to an outside distributing system, such as the pipe or tubing 56 in Figs. 1, 5 and 6, which in the embodiment of Figs. and 11 is shown blocked olf by the nut |66. As shown the cover I33 is provided with a recess 903 receiving the washer 923 which feeds an` internal bore system on the particular mechanism to which the device may be attached.

It will be noted by reference to Figs. 10 and 11 that a particularly compact construction is obtained, and although the dimensions may be widely varied, a very effective pumping construction may be obtained in dimensions of 2 1Ljl X 1%!! X Sjl. n

The piston may have a diameter in the structure as shown of to 1k inch, while the cylinder may have a dimension of t2 inch. These dimensions, of course, may be widely varied.

The piston may have a stroke of 5//8 inch, with a maximum discharge per stroke of about l to2 cc. equivalent to about to 60 drops.

It has been found that the spring 533 may be satisfactorily adjusted to give a discharge pressure of about 30 pounds per square inch. The reservoir may have the same dimensions as the cover |33. The stroke of the piston may be varied by adjusting the inlet check ball housing |5`|3 so as to change the end position of the piston.

Referring specifically to Fig. 5, the pump body is shown with the sight glass 24 held in position by the ring 25, with the manually actuated lever 84 and with the pipe outlet tubing 56. The sight glass will indicate the need for relling the reservoir.

The inlet 68 and the adjustment 65 are readily accessible from the outside of the machine. rI'he tube 56 leads to a junction I5 such as shown in Fig. l, from which the oil is distributed by pipes leading to connections of the type shown in Figs. 2 and 2a.

The lubricating pump when operated, will discharge about 1% cc. of oil through the tubing system, developing about 30,1bs. per square inch pressure.

As many changes could be made in the above construction, and many apparently widely different embodiments cf this invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

What is claimed is:

1. A small, compact box-like reciprocating unpacked elongated plunger pump construction for supplying relatively small quantities of lubricant intermittently upon manual application to a centralized lubricating installation including a branch distributing small bore conduit system leading to a plurality of distributed and spaced bearings to receive relatively minute, yet accurately proportioned quantities of lubricant of the total charge or lubricant supplied to said installation upon each manual operation of said pump construction, said installation including a plurality of high restriction iiow metering iittings having a tremendously 4greater restricting eiec't than the small bore conduits or the bearings to be lubricated, Whereby in themselves they will predominantly control the proportionment and distribution of the charge of lubricant supplied to said installation upon actuation of said pump construction; said pump construction comprising a. casing forming a reservoir, the top of which is open, a cover for said casing, a hood in the central part of said cover, a vertically elongated body which is centrally vertically bored t0 form a cylinder element depending into said reservoir and terminating in said hood, a horizontal shaft having bearings in the sides of said hood, a plunger fitting into said cylinder, a connection between said shaft and plunger and means to reciprocate said shaft.

2. A small, compact box-like reciprocating unpacked elongated plunger pump construction for supplying relatively small quantities of lubricant intermittently upon manual application to a centralized lubricating installation including a branch distributing small bore conduit system leading to a' plurality of distributed and spaced bearings to receive relatively minute, yet accurately proportioned quantities of lubricant of the total charge or lubricant supplied to said installation upon each manual operation of said pump construction, said installation including a plurality of high restriction flow metering iittings having a tremendously greater restricting eiiect than the small bore conduits or the bearings to be lubricated, Whereby in themselves they will predominantly control the proportionment and distribution of the charge of lubricant supplied to said installation upon actuation of said pump construction; said pump construction comprising a casing forming a reservoir, the top of which is open, a cover for said casing, a hood in the central part of said cover, a vertically elongated body which is centrally vertically bored to form a cylinder element depending into said reservoir and terminating in said hood, a horizontal shaft having bearings in the sides of said hood,

' a plunger iitting into said cylinder, a connection between said shaft and plunger and means to reciprocate said shaft, said means including a short lever on the outside of said hood and positioned on said cover, said lever normally projecting upwardly at an angle away from said pump construction and to the side and beyond said hood and upon being pressed down toward said pump construction by the hand of an operator causing said plunger to take a charging stroke and a coil spring upon said shaft stressed upon said charging stroke, causing a return stroke of said plunger as soon as said lever is released.

3. A small, compact box-like reciprocating unpacked elongated plunger pump construction for supplying relatively small quantities of lubricant intermittently upon manual application to a centralized lubricating installation including a branch distributing small bore conduit system leading to a plurality of distributed and spaced bearings to receive relatively minute, yet accurately proportioned quantities of lubricant of the total charge or lubricant supplied to said installation upon each manual operation of said pump construction, said installation including a plurality of high restriction flow metering fittings having a tremendously greater restricting effect than the small bore conduits or the bearings to be lubricated, whereby in themselves they will predominantly control the proportionment and distribution of vthe charge `of lubricant supplied to lsaid .said shaft .and plunger and `means to reciprocate said shaft, -said means including a 'short lever on the outside of said hood and positioned on :said

Vcover and provided with adjustable means to limit said reciprocatien, said lever normally vprojecting upwardly at an angle away :from said pump vconstruction and 'to the :side and' beyond said hood and upon being pressed down toward said pump construction by the hand of an operator causing said plunger to take a charging stroke and a coil spring upon said shaft stressed upon said charging stroke, causing a return stroke of said plunger as soo-n as said lever is released.

4. The construction of claim 3 in which said adjustable means is a screw tting into said cover.

5. A small, compact box-like reciprocating un packed elongated plunger pump construction for supplying relatively small quantitiesof lubricant intermittently upon manual application to a centralized lubricating installation including a branch distributing small bore conduit system leading to a plurality of distributed and spaced bearings to receive relatively minute, yet accurately proportioned quantities of lubricant of the total charge or lubricant supplied to said installation upon each manual operation of said pump construction, said installation including a plurality of high restriction flow metering fittings having a tremendously greater restricting effect than the small bore conduits or the bearings to be lubricated, whereby in themselves they will predominantly control the proportionment and distribution of the charge of lubricant supplied to said installation upon actuation of said pump construction; said pump construction comprising a casing forming a reservoir, the top of which is open, a cover for said casing, a hood in the central part of said cover, a vertically `elongated body which is centrally vertically bored to form a cylinder element depending into said reservoir and terminating in said hood, a horizontal shaft having bearings in the sides of said hood, a plunger tting into said cylinder, said plunger having a reduced upper end portion immediately above the Cylinder, a lever between said shaft and said reduced upper end portion and means to reciprocate said shaft, said lever normally projecting upwardly at an angle away from said pump construction and to the side and beyond said hood and upon being pressed down toward said pump construction by the hand of an operator causing said plunger to take a charging stroke and a coil spring upon said shaft stressed upon said charging stroke, causing a return stroke of said plunger as soon as said lever released.

6. A small, compact box-like reciprocating unpacked elongated plunger pump construction for supplying relatively small quantities of lubricant intermittently upon manual application to a centralized lubricating installation including a branch distributing small bore conduit system leading to a plurality of distributed and spaced bearings to receive relatively minute, yet accurately proporitionedquantitiesof lubricant of the Atotal charge 4or lubricant ,suppiied 'to .said installation upon leach manual operation of said pump construction, said installation` including :a plurality vof -high restriction ilow metering fittings having a tremendously greater restricting effect than the small .bore conduits or the Abearings to be lubricated, whereby in =themselvesthey will predominantly control the proportionment and distribution .of "the charge of 'lubricant supplied to said installation .upon actuation of said pump construction; said pump A construction comprising a :casing forming sa reservoir, the top of which is open, a cover for `said casing, .a hood in the :central part of said cover, a vertically elongated body `which is centrally vertically bored to yform a cylinder element depending into said reservoir and terminating in said hood, a 'horizontal shaft having bearings in 'the sides of said hood, a yplunger fitting into said cylinder, said plunger having a reduced upper end portion immediately above the cylinder, a lever between said shaft and said reduced upper end portion, said lever consisting of a collar gripping said shaft and outwardly extending arms engaging said reduced upper end portion and means to reciprocate said shaft, said lever normally projecting upwardly at an angle away from said pump construction and to the side and beyond said hood and upon being pressed down toward said pump construction by the hand of an operator causing said plunger kto take a charging stroke and a coil spring upon said shaft stressed upon said charging stroke, causing a return stroke of said plungi er as soon as said lever is released.

7. In a lubricating installation for the bearings of a motion picture machine of the type comprising a junction mounted on the outside of the machine, a tubing line feeding to said junction, said junction having a plurality of outlet sockets, high restriction flow metering fittings fitted into said sockets, and a plurality of tail pipes leading to said bearings, a pump feeding said tubing line including a cover, a dome on said cover, a reservoir covered by said cover, a

bored vertical cylinder body, an elongated unf packed piston in'said bore and actuating means carried in said dome.

8. In a lubricating installation for the bearings of a motion picture machine of the type comprising a junction mounted on the outside of the machine, a tubing line feeding to said junction, said junction having a plurality of outlet sockets, high restriction iiow metering fittings tted into said sockets, and a plurality of tail pipes leading to said bearings, a pump feeding said tubing line including a cover, a dome on said cover, a reservoir covered by said cover, a bored vertical cylinder body, an elongated unpacked piston in said bore and actuating means carried in said dome, said actuating means including a bell crank lever pivotally mounted in the sides of said dome.

9. In a lubricating installation for the bearings of a motion picture machine of the type comprising a junction mounted on the outside of the machine, a tubing line feeding to said junction, said junction having a plurality of outlet sockets, high restriction flow metering fittings fitted into said sockets, and a plurality of tail pipes leading to said bearings, a pump feeding said tubing line including a cover, a dome on said cover, a reservoir covered by said cover, a bored vertical cylinder body, an elongated unpacked piston in said bore and actuating means carried in said dome, said actuating means including a lever connected at one end to said piston inside of said dome, another lever positioned at the outside of the dome and a connecting rod pivotally mounted in said dome.

10. In a lubricating installation for the bearings of a, motion picture machine of the type comprising a junction mounted on the outside of the machine, a tubing line feeding to said junction, said junction having a plurality of outlet sockets, high restriction ow metering fittings tted into said sockets, and a plurality of tail pipes leading to said bearings; a compact pump feeding said tubingT line including a cover, a dome on the central part of said cover, a rectangular reservoir covered by said cover, a centrally and vertically bored vertically elongated cylinder body, an elongated unpacked piston in said bore, said cylinder body extending upwardly into the lower portion of said dome and downwardly to the bottom of said reservoir, and said piston substantially completely iilling said central vertical bore of said body and extending above said body into said dome and reciprocatory manual actuating means carried by said cover including a lever positioned outside of said dome and a horizontal bracket located at the bottom of said dome carrying the top of said body, said bracket being attached to said reservoir adjacent the sides of said dome.

11. The installation of claim 10, in which said lever projects upwardly and outwardly over the cover from the side of said dome and may be pressed downwardly by the hand of the operator of the motion picture machine to cause the piston to take a charging stroke, a horizontal shank operated by said lever, extending through and bea-ring in the side walls of said dome, a coil spring encircling said horizontal shaft and causing a return discharge stroke of said piston.

EDWARD H. KOCHER. 

